In an entry on the Wall Street Journal’s Emerging Europe blog, Ayla Albayrak writes about the proposed “quake-proof” cities near Istanbul, Turkey. Prime Minister Erdogan announced this idea as part of his re-election bid. He proposes to build earthquake-resistant infrastructures for two major urban centers off of one of Europe’s most populous cities, with half of the development along the European side of the Bosporus and the other half on the Asian side.

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